Installing Metal Roofing On A Dormer

The space under sections c and d is alternately called a dormer doghouse or reverse gable.

Installing metal roofing on a dormer.

Today metal roofing is on the rise again. Drip edge goes on before the roofing panels and the metal. When the shingle row gets to the dormer they keep going and maintain the regular straight row of shingles. Place this in the valley on each side of a gable roof one edge laid on the gable roof with the other side nailed flat on the.

Install metal flashing at every dormer roof to main roof connection. In this video i m installing some metal roofing over an existing ash fault shingled roof. Install the lower roofing panels then the gambrel flashing then the upper roofing panels. This is not a complete install only basic install on a bungalow i.

I have my valley custom made with water trough to help with leaking b. Lay the starter row of metal shingles at the drip edge and affix to the roof with metal roofing nails. The top joinery of both valleys when they meet on the same plane of roof is shown here. And while it commands a premium the components are expensive as is the skilled labor for installation a metal roof can boost a home s resale value by up to 6 percent in some areas.

Metal roofing is also available in the form of shingles. If the eyebrow curves dramatically this is best done with thinner more flexible traditional shingles over laminate shingles. Work at a comfortable steady pace trying not to rip up or carry off too much old roofing at once. Remove the old roofing.

Its popularity has nearly quadrupled in the last 20 years. We have our pitch change trim installed with an offset cleat on top of it and we ve made sure to use tape seal in between the cleat and the transition trim. Now that i ve finished installing the transition trim we can install an offset cleat so that we can clip our upper panels into it. A drip edge is installed at the bottom edge of sections f b e i c d and a.